Expat Watches Museum DisastersCategory: Blogs
Article posted by: K M
American expat in Beijing says this about the Chinese behavior towards the Louvre loan:
"I'm not really fond of the Chinese custom of eating cold dumplings out of a plastic bag on a crowded bus or subway, but next to priceless antiquities it makes my skin crawl. Ditto for carrying and drinking soda in the museum. You don't have to be a conservationist or a classicist to know that food and antiquities do NOT go together. It's an accident waiting to happen, and we can't go buy a new red-figure oinochoe because someone spilled Coke on this one."
Read the rest of the article at http://violeteclipse.blogspot.com/2007/11/no-spitting-on-paintings.html
Posted By: K M
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